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New key worker appointed to help women facing barriers to employment
A project which supports people who face multiple and complex barriers to gaining employment has appointed its newest key worker.
The Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work project supports people in the Barrow and South Lakes area aged 18 and above, who are either unemployed or economically inactive and are furthest removed from the labour market.
It has appointed Oliver Moore, 24, to be key worker for the project at one of its delivery partners, Women’s Community Matters, based at the Nan Tait Centre at Abbey Road, Barrow.
Oliver’s role is to support women in the Barrow and South Lakes area to move a step closer to potential employment.
In April two ‘Get Wild’ days will be held at Green Heart Den in Barrow. Those taking part will be able to decorate a bug hotel and plant their own seeds. The events are being run by the Building Better Opportunities Getting Cumbria to Work (BBO GCtW) project in collaboration with Marsh Street Arches and Garden Community Interest Company, which looks after Green Heart Den. Natalia Wealleans-Turner, project manager for BBO GCtW said the aim was to support current BBO GCtW participants to reintegrate with the wider world and people in a similar situation. In July and September two ‘Nature Arts & Crafts’ events will be held.